Subj : Re: OPUS and FTS-0001
To   : Michael Dukelsky
From : Nick Andre
Date : Tue Feb 27 2018 16:09:06

On 27 Feb 18  19:27:10, Michael Dukelsky said the following to All:

MD> There are two different formats of stored message (*.MSG): OPUS and FTS-000
MD> Unlike OPUS, message header in FTS-0001 format contains destination zone
MD> number and destination point number. Husky programs use smapi library which

The zone headers as noted in the current FTS-0001 are optional; and most 
mail tossers do not insert the zone into those fields. What is of "critical"
importance is the net and node numbers; followed by the insertion of the INTL
kludge for zones and TOPT for points.

If a tosser does not do it this way and ignores the insertion of INTL for 
example, most other tossers will treat the message as belonging to the same
zone class as the address of the processing system... leading to misrouting
of the message and a barrage of flaming from the know-it-all Sysop crowd.

It is extremely rare to see a BBS or 3rd-party program specifically use the 
header and not the kludge-method.

Nick

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